67-2237: Jenkinson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anthony Jenkinson (1529–1610/1611), English explorer Jenkinson Baronets , holders of the two British baronetcies for people with the surname Jenkinson Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool Carl Jenkinson (born 1992), English footballer Clay S. Jenkinson (born 1955), American author David Jenkinson (1934–2004), English railway modeller and historian Debbie Jenkinson , Irish illustrator and comic artist Denis Jenkinson (1921–1997), English motorsport journalist Hilary Jenkinson (1882–1961), English archivist Kate Jenkinson , Australian actress Leigh Jenkinson (born 1969), English footballer Louisa Jenkinson, Countess of Liverpool (1767–1821), first wife of Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Mary Jenkinson, Countess of Liverpool (1777–1846), second wife of Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Monique Jenkinson (born 1971), also known as Fauxnique, American artist, choreographer, drag performer and author Philip Jenkinson (1935–2012), English journalist, television presenter and film collector Robert Jenkinson (canoeist) (born 1960), New Zealand canoeist Thomas Jenkinson (MP) ( fl. 16th century), English member of Parliament for Leicester Tom Jenkinson (footballer) (1865–?), Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian and Scotland) Thomas Jenkinson (English footballer) (fl. 1914–1916), English footballer (Bradford City) Thomas Jenkinson (footballer, born 1877) , English footballer (Sheffield United, Grimsby Town) Tom Jenkinson (musician) (born 1975), British recording artist and record producer known professionally as Squarepusher William Jenkinson (footballer, born 1892) , English footballer William Jenkinson (footballer, born 1883) , English footballer See also [ edit ] Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co. Jenkin Jenkins (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
134-477: A Tuesday ever since 1221. Eventually this market led to the modern name of Market Harborough. The tradespeople of Harborough had large tofts or farmyards at the rear of their properties where goods were made and stored. Many of these yards remain but have been subdivided down their length over the years to give frontage to the High Street. The steeple of Harborough Church was started in 1300 and completed in 1320. It
201-554: A brickworks, brewery, wheelwright/coachworks and the British Glues and Chemicals works by the Canal at Gallow Hill. In the 1830s a union of parishes around Market Harborough was formed to look after the poor and a workhouse was built in 1836 on the site of St Luke's Hospital. In 1841 Thomas Cook who was a wood turner and cabinet maker in the town organised the first group travel by rail from Leicester to Loughborough and went on to found
268-419: A catastrophic effect on the coaching traffic through the town. A railway did not serve the town until 1850 with a link to Rugby, but this was quickly followed by links to Leicester and London in 1857, and to Northampton in 1859. In 1850, William Symington, a grocer in the town established a factory to make pea-flour. His brother James developed a haberdashery and stay making business and in 1876 his sons acquired
335-532: A large extension of trading rights to the Muscovy Company. In his travels into Central Asia and Persia, Jenkinson had a relationship of mutual advantage with the Tsar, buying commodities on the Tsar's behalf, but also benefiting from Ivan's letters of credence, which had considerable weight with local powers in the aftermath of Russia's triumphs at Kazan and Astrakhan. In July 1564 Jenkinson returned to London. Jenkinson
402-497: A new east-west link road ( A14 ) between the A1 and M1 and a route was identified 10 miles (16 km) south. It was opened in summer 1991. The opening of these roads has reduced considerably the volume of heavy goods vehicles passing through the town centre. Associated improvements to the town centre took place as part of a "By-pass Demonstration Project" completed in 1994. This involved comprehensive re-paving and new street furniture to make
469-600: A new system of sewers was laid, and piped water supplied from wells at Husbands Bosworth . Additional residential areas were developed – the New Harborough estate off Coventry Road and the Northampton Road estate between Nithsdale Avenue and Caxton Street. In 1888 Little Bowden parish was transferred from Northamptonshire to Leicestershire and following the Local Government Act of 1894, an Urban District Council
536-572: A prisoner escape by helicopter in 1987. The prison caters for prisoners on life sentences. There are 4,750 VAT or PAYE registered businesses in the Harborough district. Compared to the United Kingdom the Harborough district has a greater proportion of smaller organisations with fewer than 10 employees; 87.16% vs. 82.8% in the UK overall. CDS Global have their UK office at Tower House on Sovereign Park, off
603-683: A second expedition there. His intent was to travel to Russia and continue through to Persia . He arrived in Moscow in August 1561, with the intent to talk trade terms with Ivan the Terrible . However, he was not capable of having an audience with him until 15 March 1562. From there, Jenkinson traveled across Russia, down the Caspian and into Persia, where he reached the court of Shah Tahmasp , then at Qazvin , and managed to obtain preferential trading deals on behalf of
670-597: A ship belonging to Charles Wilson near Dunbar , frustrating a plan of the English diplomat in Scotland, Thomas Randolph . Wilson was intending to sail to Fife, Scotland and pick up Agnes Keith , the pregnant wife of the rebel Scottish Earl of Moray , and take her to England. Jenkinson's failure to blockade the Forth and his other activities resulted in a dispute with the Earl of Bedford who
737-578: A staging point for coach travel on the road to London from the northwest and the Midlands. In 1776 the Open Fields of Great Bowden were allotted to individual owners and fenced with hedges planted, followed by those of Little Bowden in 1780. In the 19th century, the increasing level of heavy goods traffic on the turnpike roads led to complaints. A plan for a canal from Leicester to join the London to Birmingham canal
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#1732852763259804-427: Is a broach spire , which rests on the walls of the tower, and are earlier than recessed spires which rise from behind a square tower as at Great Bowden. By 1382 the village of Arden had been abandoned, although the church remained in use for some years. In 1470 the main part of Harborough Church was completed. An open stream ran down the High Street. The Town Estate was created and managed by a body of Feoffees elected by
871-574: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Anthony Jenkinson Anthony Jenkinson (1529 – 1610/1611) was born at Market Harborough , Leicestershire . He was one of the first Englishmen to explore Muscovy and present-day Russia . Jenkinson was a traveller and explorer on behalf of the Muscovy Company and the English crown . He also met Ivan the Terrible several times during his trips to Moscow and Russia. He detailed
938-502: Is likely that Harborough was formed out of the Royal Manor with the intention of making it a place for tradesmen and a market when a new highway between Oxendon and Kibworth was established to help link Northampton and Leicester. A chapel dedicated to St Dionysius was built on the route, whilst St Mary in Arden retained Parish Church status. A market was established by 1204 and has been held on
1005-535: Is named after the nearby village of Foxton where there is one of a very few remaining road swing bridges over the canal. Royal Air Force Station Market Harborough opened in 1943 with its main tenant being the Wellington Bombers of No. 14 Operational Training Unit of RAF Bomber Command . In addition, the station hosted No. 1683 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight from February 1944 operating Hawker Hurricanes and Curtiss Tomahawks . Flying operations ceased on
1072-633: Is now the Robert Smyth Academy for 11- to 18-year-olds. The school's coat of arms represents the City of London, a Tudor Rose and the grammar school. The school is divided into houses , known as Bragg, Logan, Moseley and Hammond. Three miles northwest of the town is Foxton Locks – ten canal locks consisting of two "staircases" each of five locks, on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal . It
1139-595: The A4304 road . The Midland Main Line railway connects to London St Pancras . A branch of the Grand Union Canal terminates in the north part of the town and connects to the main canal near Foxton and the Foxton Locks . (see below) There are two tiers of local government covering Market Harborough, at district and county level: Harborough District Council and Leicestershire County Council . The district council has its offices at
1206-706: The River Welland and close to the Northamptonshire border. The town is about 15 miles (24.1 km) south of Leicester via the A6 , 17 miles (27.4 km) north of Northampton via the A508 and 10 miles (16.1 km) northwest of Kettering . The town is near the A14 road running from the M1 / M6 motorway Catthorpe Interchange to Felixstowe . The M1 is about 11 miles (17.7 km) west via
1273-606: The Tatar lands of the Nogai Horde . They reached Bokhara after fighting off bandits in the desert, but found that though the routes to China and India were well known, they were impassable due to wars and banditry along the way. The hostility of the local authorities made their stay precarious, and ultimately they were forced to retrace their steps, leaving Bokhara only shortly before the army of Samarkand arrived to besiege it. After many more hardships, including having to completely re-rig
1340-504: The surname Jenkinson . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jenkinson&oldid=1189172862 " Categories : Surnames English-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
1407-680: The English Nation . Market Harborough Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire , England, close to the border with Northamptonshire . The population was 24,779 at the 2021 census . It is the administrative headquarters of the Harborough district. Market Harborough was part of Rockingham Forest , a royal hunting forest used by medieval monarchs, whose boundaries stretched from Market Harborough to Stamford and included Corby , Kettering , Desborough , Rothwell , Thrapston and Oundle . The town
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#17328527632591474-433: The High Street is wide and contains mostly unspoilt Georgian buildings. Market Harborough has two villages within its confines: Great Bowden lies over a hill about a mile from the town centre, and Little Bowden is less than half a mile from the town centre. The three centres have largely coalesced through ribbon development and infill, although Great Bowden continues to retain a strong village identity. Market Harborough
1541-558: The Lord Mayor's Court of the City of London and member of the Merchant Taylors' Company . The subjects taught were Latin, Greek and Hebrew, and many boys were sent to Oxford and Cambridge universities. Amongst them were John Moore , who became Bishop of Norwich in 1691, and Bishop of Ely in 1707 and William Henry Bragg , Nobel Prize winner. The grammar school has since moved sites and
1608-472: The Muscovy Company. Following the establishment of official diplomatic relations and trade between Russia and England which had occurred with Richard Chancellor and the ship Edward Bonaventure , Anthony Jenkinson, who became the first English Ambassador to Russia in 1566, sailed from London, England, to land at Russia near the mouth of the Dvina River close to the convent of St. Nicholas at Nyonoksa . He
1675-685: The Muscovy Company. However, he found that the wider objective of breaking into the Indian Ocean trade was blocked by the Portuguese outpost at Ormuz on the Persian Gulf , and the sale of English goods was limited by competition from the Venetians operating via the much shorter route from the Mediterranean through Syria. Also during this expedition, he made a great impression on Ivan the Terrible who granted
1742-481: The Symington Building, a former corset factory, in the town centre. The town is an unparished area and therefore has no parish council. Market Harborough was historically a chapelry in the parish of Great Bowden . The chapelry became a separate civil parish in 1866. In 1879 a local government district was created covering the three parishes of Market Harborough, Great Bowden, and Little Bowden (except
1809-493: The accounts of his travel through several written works over his life. Anthony Jenkinson's father, William Jenkinson, was a man of great property and wealth. Anthony Jenkinson was thus trained in his earlier years for a mercantile career. By the year 1568, Jenkinson had become a pivotal researcher for the Muscovy Company. On 26 January 1568 Jenkinson married his wife Judith Marshe, daughter of John Marshe and his wife Alice. Marshe had extensive business ties, including being one of
1876-478: The acquisition of land between Northampton Road and Farndon Road. This enabled the construction of Welland Park Road (which enabled east west traffic to bypass the town centre), provision of 100 homes for rent along Welland Park Road and 52 in Walcot Road to rehouse occupants of the old yard houses, plots for private housing, the layout of Welland Park and the construction of Welland Park School . On 23 October 1936,
1943-521: The boat they had left on the Caspian (making their own sails, ropes and cables), they arrived back in Moscow in 1559, but could not travel back to England until the spring of 1560 opened the sea passages again. On this journey, however, Jenkinson did manage to make a map of some of the Russian and Tatar territories, though he fell into the common mistake of assuming the Aral Sea was a gulf of the Caspian. His map
2010-576: The canal to Foxton became part of the National Cycle Network Route 6. The path continues south following the Brampton Valley Way , a long and narrow recreation area on the route of the former railway line to Northampton. The canal basin was restored as a boating centre called Union Wharf. This consists of workshops, restaurant, studios and flats. There are residential moorings and canal boats can be hired. A cycle and footway along
2077-414: The centre more pedestrian friendly whilst through-traffic with a 20 mph (32 km/h) speed limit. In 1993 the former cattle market, bus station, indoor market and several properties next to the old post office and the former Peacock Hotel were re-developed to form a new pedestrianised shopping centre called St Mary's Place. This included a Sainsbury's supermarket. A footpath and cycleway alongside
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2144-485: The founding members of the Company. Jenkinson thus benefited greatly through these financial ties. Jenkinson and his wife had six daughters and five sons, of whom only four daughters and a son survived. William Ross, based on his reading of Shakespeare's works, speculated that Jenkinson had an illegitimate daughter, Anne Beck or Whateley, who may at one point have been engaged to be married to William Shakespeare . No evidence
2211-517: The garrison and guns of the island. Jenkinson had been ordered not to declare that he had been sent by the English government, and told the Scottish authorities that he was looking for pirates. Queen Mary sent aboard Anthony Standen with a present of a bow and arrows and a " box of conserve " for Queen Elizabeth and a gold chain worth 500 merks and a gilt cup for the captain, and he sailed back to Berwick-on-Tweed . In October 1565 Jenkinson captured
2278-458: The hamlet of Little Oxendon from the latter parish). When elected county councils were established in 1889, local government districts were placed entirely in one county, and so the Little Bowden area of the district was transferred from Northamptonshire to Leicestershire in 1889. Local government districts were reconstituted as urban districts in 1894. In 1946 the urban district council
2345-616: The headquarters of the King's Army. In Harborough, the King decided to confront Parliamentary forces who were camped near Naseby , but the Battle of Naseby proved a decisive victory for Parliament led by Oliver Cromwell . Harborough Chapel became a temporary prison for the captured forces. Cromwell wrote a letter from "Haverbrowe, June 14, 1645" to the Speaker of the House of Commons, William Lenthall , announcing
2412-677: The history of hunting. The Hunt was renamed the Fernie after a subsequent Master. The Grand National Hunt Steeple Chase was held to the southwest of the town in 1860, 1861 and 1863. This race and the meeting eventually developed into the Cheltenham Festival and the organisers were part of the founding of organised steeplechasing through the Grand National Hunt Committee. The building of the Leicester–Rugby railway in 1840 had
2479-606: The manufacture of lead acid batteries, changing its name to Tungstone Products. The factory closed in 2002. There was a rapid expansion in the town's population from 4,400 in 1861 to 7,700 in 1901. This had been at the expense of living conditions, with severe overcrowding in the old town. Rows of cottages had been built in the yards of older houses with shared access to water and waste disposal. The Public Health Act 1875 required local authorities to implement building regulations, or byelaws, which insisted that each house should be self-contained, with its own sanitation and water. In 1883
2546-707: The old carpet factory to make corsets . They expanded it by three additional floors in 1881 and then built a new factory opposite Church Square in 1884 which still remains today as the Council offices, library and museum. In the 1890s the Harborough Rubber Company and Looms Wooden Heels works were established. A tannery was built on land adjoining the Commons. In 1898, Walter Haddon opened the Caxton Works type foundry on Lathkill Street. The company later diversified into
2613-516: The opening of the estate development. Around 150 dwellings were built for rent with the remaining plots available for private building. The final phase of development occurred in the 1980s. In 1950 the canal basin was the venue for a week-long National Festival of Boats, the first such festival organised by the Inland Waterways Association and marking the beginning of the revival of the canal network for leisure use. The old brewery site
2680-457: The river through the town was created called the Millennium Mile and links Welland Park with the railway station. In 2007 Welland Park was awarded Green Flag Award status and in 2008 a large new children's play area was opened. In 2016 Welland Park Academy enrolled GCSE students and Robert Smyth Academy enrolled Year 7's. Market Harborough is in a rural part of southeast Leicestershire, on
2747-427: The same year a new livestock market was opened between Springfield Street and the river on 12 acres (4.9 ha) of land, enabling the cattle and sheep markets to be cleared from the streets. In 1905 the council bought land at Great Bowden and Little Bowden for recreation grounds. In 1919 there were still around 150 dwellings identified as unfit for human habitation mostly in the yards and courts of Harborough and there
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2814-413: The southwest of the town to deal with the problem. A new Southern Estate was planned to accommodate 700 dwellings, shopping centre, school and recreation ground. The Council laid initial access roads named after personalities of the Battle of Naseby since these fields were crossed by both armies on 14 June 1645. A plaque now records the events and was unveiled by Mrs H.B. Lenthall on 1 February 1951 to mark
2881-457: The station on 18 August 1945, following which it was placed on care & maintenance before being transferred to the British Army in 1948, becoming 72 Brigade Vehicle Depot. The army left the station in the late 1950s and today part of the former military site is occupied by HMP Gartree, with the rest given over to agriculture. HM Prison Gartree is west of the town near Foxton and the site of
2948-535: The street, as there is no churchyard. It was constructed in grey stone in 1300 with the church itself a later building of about 1470. Next to the church stands the Old Grammar School, a small timber building dating from 1614. The ground floor is open, creating a covered market area and there is a single room on the first floor. It has become a symbol of the town. The nearby square is largely pedestrianised and surrounded by buildings of varying styles. The upper end of
3015-613: The town centre. However, it was rejected in favour of a bypass outside the town. In 1980 the Symington's factory at Church Square was redeveloped as the District Council offices, library and museum. Plans for an A6 by-pass were approved by the Department for Transport during the 1980s and the 5 miles (8.0 km) road costing £9.5m was opened in June 1992. In addition, proposals were made for
3082-685: The town hosted the members and entourage of the Jarrow March . A covered market hall was opened at the western end of the Cattlemarket in 1938, replacing the market stalls on the Square on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The post-war period saw another shortage of housing and some 600 people on the waiting list for council housing. The council developed a 100-dwelling extension to the Bowden Fields Estate by 1949 and acquired 140 acres (0.57 km ) of land to
3149-609: The townspeople, to help manage among other things the open fields surrounding the town, the proceeds from which were used for a variety of purposes. In 1569 the town was briefly in the news as the Privy Council debated whether a local girl, Agnes Bowker , had given birth to a cat. From 1570 the Town Estate owned several properties within the town. Harborough figured nationally in the English Civil War in June 1645, when it became
3216-526: The trade terms, Jenkinson was sent back to England. He was ordered to bring war experts to Russia to help Ivan with his wars. Due to this voyage, Jenkinson successfully negotiated new trade terms with the Russian monarch in September 1567. In July 1571, Jenkinson was sent to Russia on his fourth and final expedition there. In 1568, Ivan had revoked the trading privileges that Jenkinson had successfully obtained in 1566. On behalf of Queen Elizabeth I , Jenkinson
3283-399: The travel agency bearing his name. Market Harborough became a centre for fox hunting with hounds during the 19th century, when Mr Tailby of Skeffington Hall established a hunt in southeast Leicestershire in 1856. The country between Billesdon and Harborough was considered severe, involving jumping the specially designed ox fences. His hunting diary is recognised as an important document in
3350-431: The urban areas of Oadby , Wigston and South Wigston , and southern suburbs of Leicester. There is an unusual former grammar school in the town centre which stands on wooden stilts . The school room was built upon posts to allow the butter market to be held on the ground floor. The school was founded in 1607 and built in 1614, through the generosity of Robert Smyth, a poor native of the town who became Comptroller of
3417-501: The victory. An independent church was established in the Harborough area following the Act of Uniformity 1662 , and a meeting house was built in Bowden Lane in 1694. During the 18th century the timber mud and thatch buildings of the town were largely replaced with brick buildings. After roads were turnpiked and regularly repaired (making wheeled traffic easier all year round) Harborough became
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#17328527632593484-550: The year 1558. He began his journey by traveling south down the Oka and Volga Rivers, passing through the Khanate of Kazan (conquered by Russia in 1552), and arrived at the town of Astrakhan , (conquered 1556). His party continued their journey south-east after traveling across the Caspian Sea to Serachik (Serakhs), where they joined a merchant caravan and traveled for several months across
3551-415: Was England's leading diplomat in Scottish affairs Jenkinson was sent to Russia for a third time in order to settle a dispute regarding the trade deals that England had made with Russia during Jenkinson's last voyage there in 1564. Upon his arrival, in a letter sent back to his friend, Jenkinson mentioned the cruelty that had swept over the Russian territories due to Ivan. In order to successfully negotiate
3618-724: Was aboard the Primrose in charge of a fleet of four ships: the other three were the John the Evangelist , Anne , and Trinity . Of the previous ships which had sailed this route, the Edward Bonaventure was lost at sea in 1556 and both the Bona Confidentia and Bona Esperanza had been lost at sea in 1557 with only Philip and Mary returning to London in July 1557. Jenkinson was in Moscow in
3685-407: Was acquired for a bus station in 1951 and in 1958 a main car park was opened at the Commons and further car parks established in the 1960s to deal with the increasing demand. Proposals for development of an industrial estate at Riverside and Rockingham Road were approved in 1962 and the area developed during the 1960s. Following serious flooding in the town centre on 2 July 1958, a flood relief scheme
3752-416: Was an identified need for 300 new houses. Land to the north of the town was selected and a scheme for 98 homes for rent developed as the Bowden Fields Estate. Following the introduction of mortgage subsidy, over 100 private homes were built and a further development of 72 rented homes took place. By 1928 about 400 houses had been built since 1918, 164 by the Council. A major improvement took place from 1930 with
3819-456: Was at a crossroads for both road and rail, but the A6 now bypasses it to the east and the A14 to the south. Market Harborough railway station is served by East Midlands Railway services on the Midland Main Line with direct services north to Leicester , Nottingham , Derby and Sheffield , and south to London St Pancras . Rail services to Rugby and Peterborough ended in 1966. The steeple of St Dionysius' Church rises directly from
3886-452: Was begun, and the riverbed was straightened and deepened. In 1968 the centre of Market Harborough was declared a conservation area . Major developments included the development of headquarters for Golden Wonder crisp makers, and the demolition of the old Symington factory in Adam and Eve Street for redevelopment as Eden Court shops and flats. During the 1970s, draft proposals were made for an inner relief road to avoid traffic congestion in
3953-451: Was ever produced supporting Ross's conjectures, however. By 1606 Jenkinson was living in a manor house in Ashton . His wife died before him from a bad case of palsy . Jenkinson was buried on 16 February 1611 at Holy Trinity Church in Teigh , Rutland . Anthony's son Sir Robert was the father of the first of the Jenkinson Baronets of Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire . Jenkinson traveled to Muscovy several times during his life on behalf of
4020-406: Was formed for Market Harborough, covering the town and the parishes of Little and Great Bowden. Various schemes were implemented to improve the town. It acquired the gas company and built a public baths. It acquired land for the construction of Abbey Street in 1901, which removed the multi-occupied yard of the Coach and Horses Inn and enabled the building of a fire station on the new street in 1903. In
4087-414: Was founded by the Saxons between 410 and 1066. Originally a small village, believed to have been called Hæfera-beorg (Harborough), meaning "oat hill". In 1086 the Domesday Book records Bowden as a Royal Manor organised in 73 manors. The population lived in three villages, Great Bowden, Arden and Little Bowden. The Manor of Harborough is first mentioned in 1199 and 1227 when it was called "Haverberg". It
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#17328527632594154-428: Was gifted a large house called Brooklands at 34 Northampton Road by the Symington family, local factory owners. The building was subsequently converted to become the council's headquarters. Market Harborough Urban District was abolished in 1974 to become part of the new Harborough District. No successor parish was created for the former urban district and so it became an unparished area . A new parish of Great Bowden
4221-509: Was incorporated into Ortelius ' atlas Theatrum orbis terrarum . Jenkinson brought a young woman or child from Russia to England, who joined the court of Queen Elizabeth . Jenkinson wrote that her name was Aura Soltana and she later became known as Ippolyta. A pewter metal doll was bought for her to play with, and she was given gifts of lavish clothing, and some of the queen's old clothes. Upon his arrival back from his first expedition into Russia, Jenkinson immediately began to prepare for
4288-425: Was mooted but it eventually bypassed the town and a branch canal was cut from Foxton to Harborough, with wharves at Gallow Hill and Great Bowden. Harborough wharf, to the north of the town, became a distribution centre for coal and corn. A gas company was formed in 1833 to make and distribute gas. John Clarke and Sons of London built a factory for spinning worsted and later making carpets. Other industries developed were
4355-436: Was sent in the Ayde to Scotland during the political crisis of the Chaseabout Raid . He sailed into the Firth of Forth on 25 September 1565. Jenkinson's mission was to blockade Leith to prevent Lord Seton landing munitions for Mary, Queen of Scots sent from France. An adverse wind brought him within range of the cannon of the fortress isle of Inchkeith . In the previous month, Lord Darnley had personally inspected
4422-871: Was sent to reinstate the trade agreement. After being held up at Kholmogory for six months due to plague, Jenkinson was finally able to arrive in Moscow by May 1572. During his voyage Jenkinson remarked on the devastation that the Crimean Tatars had committed upon parts of the country . By 23 July, Jenkinson had successfully reinstated all trading privileges with Ivan and Russia. Jenkinson's maps of Russia were incorporated into Ortelius' famous atlas Theatrum orbis terrarum . Also, historians have mined many of Jenkinson's surviving personal letters, in which he describes Russia. Particularly, he makes mention of Ivan's terrible and atrocious form of rule. Also, Jenkinson's travel accounts were used in Richard Hakluyt 's compendium of geographic, trade and exploration material The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of
4489-428: Was subsequently created from the unparished area in 1995. Harborough District Council continued to use the old urban district council's offices at Brooklands until 1980, when it bought the old Symington's corset factory in the town centre and converted it to become its headquarters. Market Harborough is represented as part of the Harborough parliamentary constituency, which includes surrounding rural areas, as well as
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